(In booming announcer voice) SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!

[prolesunited]

Well, it may not be the monster truck rally, but it certainly promises to be more exciting. It is the Chicago DU gathering.

So, who's going to be there?

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Is Truckasaurus going to be there?

:shrug:

I wish I could be there. Have a good time. :hi:

[prolesunited]

6. Wish you could, too

We're not that far. You should make a weekend of it sometime. There's plenty in the city to keep you entertained.

[Beware the Beast Man]

2. I'll be at the wedding of the century.

:hi:

[prolesunited]

5. I know

We would have gone but money's tight and I have to work Friday and Saturday nights. Hopefully, my dad gets out of the hospital on Saturday.

[Shell Beau]

3. I wish I could go!! Oh well! Have fun.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. I will when you all call me :)

[Capn Sunshine]

12. If you answer the phone and it's heavy breathing

That's me. :hi: But you recognize my breath by now.

ps you never call any more.....

[Susang]

19. I look forward to playing "pass the cell phone"

Once again.

:hi:

[prolesunited]

20. Uh-oh

Is Chiburb coming? He always dials. I have no idea where I put the number.

[Susang]

22. Greataunt said he was

I guess we'll just have to wait and see. The anticipation will kill me! :bounce:

[greatauntoftriplets]

23. Chiburb said he's coming!!

And I bet he'll be among the first ones there....

[prolesunited]

24. Good thing

Since he's got the number

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. Yep....

And I doubt that she is listed under nothingshocksmeanymore.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. Me!!! Me!!! Me!!!!

:hi:

Maybe my lurker friend...an aunt in Detroit died and they went up there. She hopes to be back on Saturday (they are traveling with her mother and may want to stay as long as she can), but Sunday should be good (she thinks).

[prolesunited]

8. It will be great to see you both

:hi:

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. She definitely wants to come....

:hi:

[terrya]

9. I'll be there!

Looking forward to seeing you guys! :-)

Is Blue-Jay over his bad cold?

T

[Blue-Jay]

21. Fit as a fiddle.

WTF does that phrase mean anyhow?

In other words, I'm SUPER! Thanks for asking!

[SoCalDem]

10. Ya-hooooooo Speedway?

:)

[eyesroll]

13. I will be there, with bells on.

OK, maybe not bells.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Ummmm...please leave the bells at home.....

Pretty please with sugar on top?

III

Hear the loud alarum bells-
Brazen bells!
What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
In the startled ear of night
How they scream out their affright!
Too much horrified to speak,
They can only shriek, shriek,
Out of tune,
In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire,
In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire,
Leaping higher, higher, higher,
With a desperate desire,
And a resolute endeavor,
Now–now to sit or never,
By the side of the pale-faced moon.
Oh, the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells
Of Despair!
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What a horror they outpour
On the bosom of the palpitating air!
Yet the ear it fully knows,
By the twanging,
And the clanging,
How the danger ebbs and flows:
Yet the ear distinctly tells,
In the jangling,
And the wrangling,
How the danger sinks and swells,
By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells-
Of the bells-
Of the bells, bells, bells,bells,
Bells, bells, bells-
In the clamor and the clangor of the bells!

[eyesroll]

15. Awww...what's the matter with bells?

C'mon, kind Sir, let's walk outside
And breathe the autumn air
See the many that have lived and died
See the unending golden stair
See all of us that have come behind
Clutching at your hem
All the way from Arkansas
To your sweet and last amen

Let the bells ring
He is the real thing
Let the bells ring
He is the real, real thing

Take this deafening thunder down
Take this bread and take this wine
Your passing is not what we mourn
But the world you left behind
Well, do not breathe, nor make a sound
And behold your mighty work
That towers over the uncaring ground
Of a lesser, darker world

Let the bells ring
He is the real thing
Let the bells ring
He is the real, real thing

There are those of us not fit to tie
The laces of your shoes
Must remain behind to testify
Through an elementary blues
So, let's walk outside, the hour is late
Through your crumbs and scattered shells
Where the awed and the mediocre wait
Barely fit to ring the bells

Let the bells ring
He is the real thing
Let the bells ring
He is the real, real thing

[greatauntoftriplets]

16. I hear this.....

My Ding A Ling

When I was a little bitty boy
my grandmother bought me a cute little toy
Silver bells hangin' on a string
she told me it was my ding a ling

My ding a ling, my ding a ling
I want to play with my ding a ling
My ding a ling, my ding a ling
I want to play with my ding a ling

And then mother took me to Grammer School
But I stopped all in the vestibule
Every time that bell would ring
catched me playin' with my ding a ling

Once I was climbing the garden wall
I slipped and had a terrible fall
I fell so hard I heard bells ring
but held on to my ding a ling

Once I was swimming cross Turtle creek
many snappers all around my feet
Shure was hard swimming cross that thing
with both hands holdin' my ding a ling

This here song it ain't so sad
the cutest little song you ever had
those of you who will not sing
You must be playin' with your own ding a ling
My ding a ling Your ding a ling, your ding a ling
We saw you playin' with your ding a ling
My ding a ling everybody sing
I want to play with my ding a ling

[eyesroll]

17. You win.

[greatauntoftriplets]

18. Win what???

;)

See you Sunday.

[stlsaxman]

33. Worst. Chuck. Berry. song. EVER! and the only one Johnnie Johnson didn't

write the music to...

Johnnie "B. Goode" Johnson invented rock and roll.


on edit- sorry to divert from this thread... but I can't make it tonight, have fun y'all!

:party:

[XNASA]

26. We'll certainly be there.

I'm even staying in tonight so that I can appear to be somewhat respectable tomorrow.

Oh. Who am I kidding....? :cry:

[terrya]

27. "We'll" You were speaking in the third person??

I thought perhaps I would get finally get to meet the lovely Mrs. XNASA.

Not that we always enjoy the pleasure of YOUR company. :-)

[XNASA]

28. Mrs. XNASA will be in the house.

By house, I mean Lottie's. Not our house. And by 'our' I don't mean you and I, I mean the XNASA family. :think:

And speaking of houses, Mrs. XNASA and I will be going to a few Open Houses downtown before we get to the gathering. We might expedite our plan to move back downtown.

[greatauntoftriplets]

29. So you'll be suffering from real estate sticker shock?

:scared:

We'll have to attach you to the booze intravenously. As the saying goes in my neighborhood among those of us who have lived here a while...."We couldn't afford our houses anymore".

[XNASA]

30. That goes without saying.

:hi:

See ya manana.

[greatauntoftriplets]

31. See you manana....

She said, 'I can't go back to America soon
So goddamn cold it's gonna snow until June'
Yeah, they're freezin' up in Buffalo stuck in their cars
And I'm lyin' here 'neath the sun and the stars

Customs man tells her that she's gotta leave
She's got a plan hidden up her shrewd sleeve
Wants to find her a captain, a man of strong mind
And any direction he blows will be fine

Please don't say manana if you don't mean it
I have heard those words for so very long
Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it
Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being wrong

Tried and I tried but I don't understand
Never seemed to work out the way I had it planned
Hangin' out at a marina when Steve Martin called
Singin' anybody there really want to get small

But women and water are in short supply
There's not enough dope for us all to get high
I hear it gets better, that's what they say
As soon as we sail on to Cane Garden Bay

Please don't say manana if you don't mean it
I have heard your lines for so very long
Don't try to describe the scenery if you've never seen it
Don't ever forget that you just may wind up in my song

'Alright let's reggae reefers!'

Called all my friends on those cheap nightly rates
Sure was good to talk to the old United States
While the lights of St. Thomas lie twenty miles west
I see General Electric's still doing their best

I got to head this boat south pretty soon
New album's old and I'm fresh out of tunes
But I know that I'll get 'em, I know that they'll come
Through the people and places and Caldwoods Rum

So please don't say manana if you don't mean it (Don't mean it)
I have done your lines for so very long
Don't try to describe a Kiss concert if you've never seen it
Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being gonged

And I hope Anita Bryant never ever does one of my songs
No no no

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. My lurker friend is bailing on us....

She spent last week in Detroit at a family funeral and visiting relatives, returned last evening and is tired. Also tired of being in the car, etc. She sends her regrets and says she will join us another time.

[GOPisEvil]

34. Have fun, kids!

Drink one for me. :hi:

[greatauntoftriplets]

35. We will!!!!

:hi: